Caged Risk

There is an urgency to my worries
that doesn't stem from lack of time
it stems from wasted time
sitting on my bed in the dark
when I could be writing about the beauty
of moonlight through a locked window.

There is an urgency to the thought
that I could unlock my world
crawl out into the night
see what I want to see
but then I risk seeing everything
in the world that remains magically unseen.

I am safer locked in a cage
than risking getting locked in another’s.